Explaining variation in farm and farm business performance in respect to farmer behavioural segmentation analysis: Implications for land use policies

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-156

  Wilson, Paul ^a   Harper, Nicholas ^a   Darling, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Behaviour; Income; Policy; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; HORTICULTURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84859413611     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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